• Crawfish
• Draft beer
• Potatoes
• Corn
• Sausage
• Hot Dogs

• Live music
• Hair striping
• Face painting

Grapevine, Texas, is known for its wineries, festivals, entertainment venues and bustling historic district. The city is also becoming known as a fine art destination, thanks to the Grapevine Art Dealers Association (GADA) which will host the Third Annual Spring Gallery Night May 2, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Walk along historic Main Street and enjoy an exciting evening of fine art and fine food and wine while visiting the six GADA galleries:

• A Touch of Paris, 202 West Wall Street, is owned by French artist/instructor Dominique Galleron. Original art on display includes Dominiques?s French-inspired oil paintings done in her bold palette knife style.
• Great American West Gallery, 332 South Main Street, features the finest western artists in the world with both paintings and bronzes. Subjects include Native Americans, frontiersmen, cavalry, pioneers, cowboys, and ranchers as well as horses, cattle and expansive landscapes. Grapevine resident Sonya Terpening will conduct a painting demonstration at during the event.
• Giddens Gallery of Fine Art, 624 South Main Street, owned by Cherie and John Giddens, is known for its exceptional paintings and ?up-cycle? creations from local artists including paintings by Cherie Giddens. Visitors will be able to meet gallery owners and artists, as well as view resident artists demonstrating their techniques.
• The Tower Gallery, located at 636 South Main Street in the Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau headquarters, will host the Congressional Art Student Competition, featuring work from local high school students who entered the annual Art Contest hosted by the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Holder Dane Gallery and Art Studios, 701 South Main Street, located at the historic train depot area, features a variety of fine art, including paintings, bronze, wood, and clay sculpture, contemporary art jewelry and fine pottery. Artists will be in attendance and highlighting their new work, including contemporary jewelry artist Jean Storm, sculptor Mark Hyde, traditional painter in oils Ann Hardy, figurative clay artist Pam Stern, impressionist pastel colorist Marie Maines, story teller in bronze Ann Ayres, and bold large scale painter MT Hunt. Introducing work by two new Holder Dane Gallery artists: sculptor Lorri Acott, World Citizen Artist and bronze sculptor Adam Schultz NSS.
• Vetro Glassblowing Studio & Gallery, 701 South Main Street, also located at the train depot, is owned by glass artist David Gappa who specializes in handblown art glass ranging from contemporary lighting to large scale sculpture installations. Glass artisans will be onsite during the providing demonstrations. The Vetro Gallery also displays glass jewelry, decanters, rondels, vases and other pieces from many fine glass artists.

• Great American West Gallery is joining forces with Messina Hof Winery, which opened in Grapevine last fall in the historic Wallis Hotel on Main Street. A staff expert from the award ?winning winery will be serving a selection of their Texas wines.
• Giddens Gallery of Fine Art is excited to welcome the wine tasting room of Bingham Family Vineyards located on the north side of gallery. For the GADA Spring Gallery Night, Giddens will be offering the ?Taste of Portofino? and the fine wine of Bingham Family Vineyards.
• Holder Dane Gallery and Vetro Glassblowing Studio are partnering with the Umbra Winery, which is based in Little Elm, Texas and recently opened a tasting room at 415 S. Main Street in Grapevine. Umbra offers approximately fifteen wines at any given moment ranging from its award winning ?My Cheeky Bastard? to its Pinot Gris that won Gold in its class at Houston International in 2014. ?Cheeky? has been a six time winner and crowd favorite at GrapeFest in the Blush category.

REGISTER ONLINE

It?s a new year, are you looking for new ways to get your business in gear?

Join us for a ?Get it in Gear - Business Tools from A ? Z? monthly workshop series designed to enrich your business. You can expect an interactive hands-on experience that provides key tools that you can use immediately to enable you to meet your business objectives.

Sneak preview of topics:

• Effective Networking

• Clear Communications

• Simplify Social Media

• Marketing framework: Putting it all together

Presented by:
Kay Wallace,     Tools2Connect, (818) 585-0131
Darcy Borutta, Ascend Marketing (817) 416-3800

When: 1st Monday of every month
Where: Grapevine Chamber of Commerce
200 Vine St.
(Corner of Vine St. & Municipal Way)
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm

Limited space, up to 20 people!

Questions? Please contact:
Kay Wallace, KayWallace@Tool2Connect.com
Darcy Borutta, dborutta@ascend-marketing.com

Online Registration is CLOSED. Please contact the Chamber office at (817) 481-1522 if you would like to attend the luncheon!

PLEASE NOTE: The cost has been raised for late registrations and walk-ins to the luncheon to $40. Please be aware of this change and REGISTER EARLY!

Program: 2014-2015 Leadership Grapevine Graduation
Sponsor: Waterway Adventures
Caterer: City Kitchen

About the Program:
A program of the City of Grapevine and the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Grapevine offers an educational experience designed to develop an awareness of the city, its relationship with the DFW Metroplex and to provide personal leadership training. At the conclusion of the program, participants are better prepared, to seek leadership roles, both within their business and community.

At the May Chamber Luncheon, learn more about the participants and what they've accomplished during this year's Leadership Grapevine class!
 

This larger than life pop-up book exhibition dazzles the eyes and stimulates the mind using creativity, play and exploration. Visitors literally step into the pages of the story at each exhibit section designed as an open book. Science, art and history are explored through the wonder of this timeless story with hands-on activities and interactive exhibits such as puppets of Oz with a message of tolerance, the Tin Woodsman sharing physiology of the heart, and Scarecrow allowing visitors to pick his brain! Visitors follow the characters on their journey along the ‘road of yellow brick' through the Land of Oz and by the end, visitors and the story's characters learn more about themselves with a complement of character building learning curriculum.

Daddy Daughter night at Chili's Grapevine!!

A networking event to introduce Chamber businesses to the host corporation as well as providing an opportunity for Chamber Members to build a network of customers and contacts in the Grapevine area.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend!

Held along Main Street in Historic Downtown Grapevine, guests will experience new and returning favorites at this event, with a special emphasis on craft brew tasting experiences. The 31st Annual Main Street Fest coincides with American Craft Beer Week.

Did you know that Texans consume more craft beer per capita than Ireland or Germany? Find out what all the excitement is about at a variety of craft brew events during the 31st Annual Main Street Fest. From craft beer tastings to the exciting TapTalk Brewmaster Discussion Series to pre-festival craft brew and dining experiences, you're sure to find three full days of craft brew fun in Grapevine! Events will feature Texas and regional craft beers. And if you prefer a little fruit of the vine, don't miss the chance to visit the Texas Wine Terrace.

Hear live music on five stages throughout the three day festival. Watch your kids experience the thrilling KidCave, a kid-friendly entertainment zone, featuring the LEGOLAND® Discovery Center's Junior Builder Competition and the SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium touch pool. Take a turn at the games and on the carnival rides along the Carnival Midway.

All this fun and more await you at Main Street Fest in Grapevine!

Come see the Chamber's Beer Booth and Concession Trailer near the festival's Main Stage in front of Willhoite's Restaurant!

From Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, Grapevine's SummerBlast features fun for the whole family including waterparks, fireworks, special exhibits, outdoor activities, dining, shopping and more. Make your plans now for the perfect Grapevine SummerBlast getaway!

A networking event to introduce Chamber businesses to the host corporation as well as providing an opportunity for Chamber Members to build a network of customers and contacts in the Grapevine area.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend!

Unfortunately, this session of the Business Insight Series has been canceled!

The Grapevine Chamber's Business Insight Series is designed for individual employees, managers or business owners who are interested in improving or developing their business skills.

Topic:

How Your Credit & Lending Go Hand in Hand

Things you will take away from this session:

• What truly effects your credit?
• How does credit impact your purchasing power?
• What does your income say you can buy?

Speakers:

Rich McDowell, Academy Mortgage Corporation (pictured)

Dana LaRue, D&G Credit, LLC

About the speakers:

Rich McDowell has been in mortgage lending for more than 10 years. Yes, times have changed! Rich served for over four years in the U.S. Army and was the first deployment into Bosnia after the Dayton peace accord was signed, which was the longest deployment since Vietnam before the current war. What drives Rich - We truly do live in the best country in the world, you show me a person that works hard, learns from failure, and I will show you an extremely successful person!

Dana LaRue has been in the financial arena for years, has been certified I.A.P.D.A. and used to work with one of the largest credit bureaus. We all know life happens, job loss or a huge reduction in income, divorce, medical issues – even death. When these types of catastrophes occur - your credit score can take a beating. Fast forward a few years - you’ve picked yourself up, you’ve pulled yourself out the mess created because of your catastrophe – thinking you should be ready to start all over again, only to find your credit score is STILL low and there are more collections now! You see, your credit score is your reputation with your creditors – and sometimes those creditors lie. Some creditors change the dates on OLD debt, making it look brand new! It’s usually not accidental – it’s usually intentional – because the newer the collection the more it impacts your score, and therefore, the more likely you are to pay it, now that you are getting back on your feet.

Collection tactics like that, are illegal, yet they tend to happen all the time… There is a computer system – written specifically to hold creditors accountable to the law, and it’s about time too!

Written as companion pieces, these two one-act plays center around a trio of “good ole boys” and their wives. Set in small town Texas on any other hot summer Saturday, these couples allow us in to see their discontent, their misfortunes and their lives surrounding their favorite alcohol…a little Lone Star for the men and a little bourbon and Coke for the women. This witty comedy reminds us that boys will be boys and the women that love them will love them through thick and thin.

Rated R

Written as companion pieces, these two one-act plays center around a trio of “good ole boys” and their wives. Set in small town Texas on any other hot summer Saturday, these couples allow us in to see their discontent, their misfortunes and their lives surrounding their favorite alcohol…a little Lone Star for the men and a little bourbon and Coke for the women. This witty comedy reminds us that boys will be boys and the women that love them will love them through thick and thin.

Rated R

Written as companion pieces, these two one-act plays center around a trio of “good ole boys” and their wives. Set in small town Texas on any other hot summer Saturday, these couples allow us in to see their discontent, their misfortunes and their lives surrounding their favorite alcohol…a little Lone Star for the men and a little bourbon and Coke for the women. This witty comedy reminds us that boys will be boys and the women that love them will love them through thick and thin.

Rated R